Not by hatred is hatred conquered, but by love alone. This is an eternal law.

Real happiness comes from having an unshakable connection to the deep wellspring of peace and happiness that is not dependent on external conditions.

Zazen is not step-by-step meditation. Rather it is simply the easy and pleasant practice of a Buddha, the realization of the Buddha's Wisdom.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

The idea of Zen is to catch life as it flows. There is nothing extraordinary or mysterious about Zen. I raise my hand; I take a book from the other side of the desk; I hear the boys playing ball outside my window; I see the clouds blown away beyond the neighboring wood: all these I do in Zen.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

Knowledge must be stabilized by meditation. Without meditation, knowledge is like a child in battle.

The only things that are truly mine are my actions and their results.

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

The lamp of wisdom burns constantly, illuminating the nature of mind.

Zen proposes its solution by directly appealing to facts of personal experience and not to book-knowledge.

The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.

The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral, those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness, like they who lick the honey from a razor's edge.

If you want to find peace, then look at that point where you find you're dissatisfied and investigate what's really going on.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

The Four Noble Truths are not merely theoretical propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our experience.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced mind that sees things clearly without reaction.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile.

Real peace comes from seeing things as they really are, not as we want them to be.

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

Every moment of mindfulness is a step on the path to liberation. Each step is valuable, no matter how small.

The true understanding is that the practice itself is enlightenment.

In Zen there must be satori; there must be a general mental upheaval which destroys the old accumulations of intellection and lays down the foundation for a new life.

Craving and aversion are the roots of suffering. Observe them with equanimity.

In the spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter, snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

Though the view should be as vast as the sky, keep your conduct as fine as barley flour.

When you note pain, you are not trying to make it go away. You are trying to understand its true nature.

You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.